Thursday, April 19, 2007

on the radio

i just barely finished posting but remembered i wanted to write another sumpin.

first of all, i want to thank nikki again for providing me with a new mix of music recently. on the mix was "on the radio" by Regina Spektor. I hadn't heard her music before but kyle and i both like her now. here are some of the words to that particular song:This is how it worksYou're young until you're notYou love until you don'tYou try until you can'tYou laugh until you cryYou cry until you laughAnd everyone must breatheUntil their dying breath

No, this is how it worksYou peer inside yourselfYou take the things you likeAnd try to love the things you tookAnd then you take that love you madeAnd stick it into someSomeone else's heartPumping someone else's bloodAnd walking arm in armYou hope it don't get harmedBut even if it doesYou'll just do it all again

There is a deeply powerful message in this song. You can interpret it however you like. I think it's saying that life is mundane and happiness will be absent unless we change our attitudes about things and try to help others along the way. "and walking arm in arm, you hope it don't get harmed, but even if it does you'll just do it all again and again." when we make friendships and extend ourselves in service and love to others, it is challenging because we step out of our comfort zones. but how else are we to find happiness? we need people and people need us. it's as simple as that. there may be someone who will not be loved when they need to be unless we extend ourselves and look beyond our own sadness and self pity.